Should I ditch my passive cooled 8600GTS?

zerok66 · Post by **zerok66** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:34 pm

Hi Guys,

I think its time for an upgrade... wanting to move to ATI, but not sure if this is a wise thing. Are there any passive/silent cards out there wiht an ATI chipset that would offer better performance than the 8600?

Thanks,

merlin · Post by **merlin** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:18 pm

There's the passive sapphire 3850, which I haven't seen yet, and the passive 8800gt...which is pretty scary hot. Going to be hard finding anything until post-christmas.

djkest · Post by **djkest** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:55 pm

Depends if you want gaming or whatnot. You could pick up a 3850, 3870, or even an 8800gt and mount an Acclero S1 on it. Are you averse to modding?

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:03 am

HD 3850 completely blows 8600-seriesout of the water.

Lawrence Lee · Post by **Lawrence Lee** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:49 am

HD3850/3870 + Accelero S1 + low speed FDB 120mm fan.

zerok66 · Post by **zerok66** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:03 pm

No probs with modding, I shall get the credit card out followed by the hacksaw

thanks guys.